Luhansk has become a frightening dwelling for the LGBT community. As many flee,fashion designer Mikhail Koptev tells The Calvert Journal why he won’t go quietly“I admire you, boys!” cries a middle-aged man, and raising a plastic cup of vodka. “Let’s have a drink together!” He waves at two heavyset men in crumpled suits on the other side of the street. They mutter something under their breath,and quicken their step. The man is Mikhail Koptev. He calls himself Luhansk’s only star – the city’s Mick Jagger or Elizabeth Taylor. nowadays he’s wearing a blue denim shirt underneath a fuchsia cardigan and a sequinned baseball cap, sitting on a bench at the shabby staff entrance of the local cultural centre.
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Source: theguardian.com